Tier-Based Payouts (TiPPLNS) are active
High-tech cards earn high-tech rewards. The bigger the AI model your GPU runs, the bigger the reward the Keryx network already assigns to it — and it's passed straight through to you.
What is TiPPLNS?
TiPPLNS stands for Tier-weighted PPLNS. It's our normal PPLNS payout with one addition: it honors the reward structure that the Keryx network itself defines for AI models.
Keryx is more than proof-of-work — every block also proves an AI model ran on your GPU (Optimistic Proof of Inference). The network pays a higher block reward for heavier models, because they do more valuable work. TiPPLNS simply passes that network reward through to the miner who earned it. Nothing is taken from anyone: you receive exactly what the network paid for the blocks you helped find.
How it works
Your payout flows through two layers:
- Normal PPLNS — you're rewarded for the work (shares) you contribute, exactly as you always have been.
- Network reward pass-through — that reward is matched to the model tier of the blocks, so the extra value Keryx assigns to bigger models flows to the miners running them.
It is revenue-neutral for the pool — we don't add a fee or hold anything back for this. We pass through the on-chain reward structure the network already created.
Models & network rewards
Every model earns its network-defined reward. The largest models unlock the maximum.
| Model | Miner flag | Network reward | Reward weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXAONE-4.0-1.2B | --very-light | base reward | Base — no bonus |
| Mistral-7B-v0.3 | --light | bonus | +12% |
| GLM-4-9B | default | bonus | +24% |
| Qwen3.6-27B | --high | bigger bonus | +35% |
| Kimi-Linear-48B | --very-high | top bonus | +47% |
Running a smaller model is completely fine — you always earn the full network reward for that model, and your pay for the work you do is unchanged. Upgrading to a larger model is simply the way to unlock the higher rewards Keryx already offers for them.
See it on your dashboard
On Your Stats you'll find a Model column on every round and a Model Bonus summary showing the network reward your model earned you — plus a live Pool Model Mix of what the whole pool is running.